Trauma Assessment

CARTS is a computerized survey of individuals’ recollections of the quality of their relationships with their family members during childhood, and of relational traumatic experiences occurring during childhood. Completing the measure usually takes 10-15 minutes and is available in several different languages.

This free tool was designed for use by professionals across a range of child-serving systems to facilitate PTSD risk screening and triage addressing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on children, adolescents and their families.

The PCL-5 is a 20-item self-report screening measure that assesses the 20 DSM-5 symptoms of PTSD. The PCL-5 has a variety of purposes, such as monitoring symptom change during and after treatment, screening individuals for PTSD, and making a provisional PTSD diagnosis. The PCL-5 can be completed by patients in a waiting room prior to a session or by participants as part of a research study. It takes approximately 5-10 minutes to complete.